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I went away last week. I haven’t organized things out, but I wanted to post a picture for today and will review both my trip and my travel journal later this week. In the meantime:   ...

Here are some pictures from my daily walk: I love the houses on some of the streets I walk by. I’m sure they’re also beautiful inside. It’s hard to believe it’s fall on days like this. The photo doesn’t show how crisp it is outside, though. I hope everyone has a great weekend, see you ...

Every once in a while, amusing situations happen when me and my American family venture out into our German surroundings. I’m going to collect those stories on this blog under the title “Tales for the ‘Schland”. Tales from the ‘Schland: Zu Frieden Language is important. Especially in a foreign country. It’s telling how different people ...

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In Germany, today is a public holiday. All Saints Day. I thought I could take today and take a look at the goals I set forth for myself and my blog earlier last month.   BLOG MORE: I wanted to blog once a day and I have so far. Yay! I wanted to comment at ...

  I was at the pediatrician’s office earlier. The pediatrician, who was not my normal one, asked me where we were from. I said the US. Then he looked at my son’s shirt that said “My First Halloween” and said to me, “Well, if I would’ve seen the shirt first, I would’ve known you were ...

Welcome to the last day of the Travel Turtle series on vacation mini-albums. First, please know, I’m a minimalist packer. There is no mini-album in the world valuable enough to make me want to check my luggage just so I have space for my mini. This is what I would consider my must haves for ...

Welcome to day 4 of the Vacation Mini-Album series. There’s one thing I realized while writing this series, and that’s that I like to get people involved in the mini-album while we’re on vacation. Yesterday, I mentioned a scavenger hunt that requires other people’s participation. Today, I want to talk about how to do the ...

Welcome to Day 3 of the mini-series: photos. Unfortunately, there are many more talented photographers out there that can tell you how to take the best photos. I can’t tell you how to do that. In fact, since most of the people that read this blog are probably great memory keepers, there aren’t many tips ...

The most important step for creating a mini-album for your vacations? Picking an album. This is going to dictate exactly what you can and can’t collect. What do I mean? Here are things to consider: Size Type of Binding Paper-style SIZE When I travel, I like to put whole tickets and whole flyers in my ...